Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced that he was donating $1 million as part of an effort to put Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapters in every high school and university throughout the state.
Texas leaders are mourning the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University, calling the act “unspeakable evil” and a “senseless assassination.” From Governor Greg Abbott to Senator Ted Cruz, officials across the Lone Star State condemned the killing and praised Kirk’s legacy as a bold voice for American youth, faith, and freedom. The outpouring of grief underscores Kirk’s deep ties to Texas and the growing alarm over political violence nationwide.
The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.
Video posted on social media by Governor Greg Abbott shows a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew rescuing a woman from a tree as the deadly flood waters of the Guadalupe River raged below. The overnight flash flooding has already claimed the lives of more than a dozen people, and at least 23 children are reported missing from a private Christian girls’ camp near Kerrville, Texas.
Late Sunday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a last-minute veto of the THC ban bill recently passed by the Texas Legislature. The governor then called a special session, asking legislators to regulate, rather than ban, the substance used by many as a pain management alternative to opioids.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a total reward of $30,000 for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive capital murder suspect. The suspect was released by a judge in Kaufman County on bond. Abbott says the case highlights the need for passage of the bond reform bill currently before the Texas Legislature.
As the saga of Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend’s war against CBS rages on, one of Belichick’s “great friends” is considering an intervention.
A bill in the Texas Senate would ban edible products that contain THC, an ingredient in the cannabis plant.
School choice could finally become a reality in Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joins host Mike Slater to talk about the fight to pass school choice legislation in the Lone Star State, which a majority of Texans support.
After the discovery of the Biden administration starting to sell off what appear to be sections of unused border wall materials, Texas looked into buying the sections to donate to the incoming Trump administration. Texas officials determined the materials were mostly junk, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick reported.
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX) said the State of Texas will make a bid on border wall materials that the federal government is reportedly attempting to sell for pennies on the dollar at auction.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said that tariffs on Canada or Mexico would result in some pain on American companies in addition to some pain on Canadian and Mexican companies, but
Several Republican officials in Texas are voicing their displeasure and criticisms about Vice President Kamala Harris’s (D) visit to their state.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration has accused Joe Biden of lying by claiming he could not reach it to send Hurricane Beryl resources.
Texas officials added 81 additional counties to the state’s disaster declaration in preparation for Hurricane Beryl’s arrival. The storm’s forecasted path shifted the expected landfall to the north and east of previous projections. The latest addition to the disaster declaration list brings the total number of Texas counties to 121.
Former ESPN personality and longtime sports talk radio host Dan Patrick has no problem with Caitlin Clark being left off the Team USA Olympic roster.
Angel Reese believes that the WNBA’s popularity surge is not just about Caitlin Clark; it’s about her, too. Sports talk radio host Dan Patrick disagrees.
As the fury heats up in the ongoing Shelby Park dispute between the Department of Homeland Security and the State of Texas, the first casualty may be the truth. One part of the political narrative that is less than forthcoming is the idea that Texas was prompted to seize the park while thousands of migrants were crossing daily. Another element of the state’s narrative in opposition to the reality on the ground is that bold actions by Texas after the seizure occurred are responsible for slowing down the record-breaking levels of migrant crossings witnessed in December.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle” that considering the Colorado Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump did not qualify their state presidential ballot, Texas should consider taking President Joe Biden off their ballot.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) reacted to the Biden administration claiming that it had to build part of a border wall because Congress allocated the money by stating that
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a scathing rebuke of the House of Representatives following the Senate’s acquittal of Attorney General Ken Paxton. House Speaker Dade Phelan quickly responded that Patrick admitted his bias after promising to be an impartial judge in the trial.
The Texas Senate “jurors” completed their deliberation and returned to the chambers to deliver their verdict on the 16 Articles of Impeachment against suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. The verdicts will determine if the impeached attorney general will be removed from or return to his office and duties.
Texas House “prosecutors” started Day 7 of the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton by calling his mistress as a witness. Whistleblowers testified that the AG met with his top brass and wife in September 2018 and admitted he had an affair with Laura Olson.
During Day 6 of the impeachment trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, House Impeachment managers called the special prosecutor hired to investigate state and federal investigators. These included officials who were investigating Nate Paul, and AG Paxton’s securities fraud cases. A “prosecution” witness from the bank said they had to stop the foreclosure of Paxton’s donor’s properties and that pulling the foreclosure due to the controversial AG opinion benefitted the donor.
House Impeachment Managers continued to call “prosecution” witnesses during day four of the impeachment trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. One of the witnesses, a Texas law enforcement “icon,” testified he warned Paxton that conducting an investigation for the benefit of donor Nate Paul could end up with them getting indicted. He called Paul a “criminal” who was “running a Ponzi scheme.”
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced the appointment of a committee to recommend the rules and procedures for the Court of Impeachment involving Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Associated Press reports the trial will begin no later than August 28.
The Texas Legislature is set to push the limits of the State’s authority to enforce immigration laws and increase border security. Two bills filed this session provide for the removal of migrants illegally entering the U.S. between ports of entry and call for stiff prison sentences for re-entering after removal.
The voters of Uvalde County soundly rejected Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke Tuesday despite making the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School a central theme of his campaign.
The Texas Legislative Budget Board announced the authorization of nearly $875 million for public safety initiatives including school security and additional funding for Operation Lone Star. Also included is $100 million for COVID-19 response expenses.
Former President Donald Trump will hold a “Save America” rally in Robstown, Texas on Saturday, October 22.
Charles Barkley is sick and tired of people complaining about Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and is urging people to direct their criticisms at the United States instead.
Charles Barkley says he is tired of waiting around and has given the Saudi-backed LIV golf league a deadline on making him an offer.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told Fox News that the state is being invaded, which gives the state the power to remove migrants from the country. He said the Constitution gives Texas the “power to put hands on people and send them back.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said that “There have been too many behind-closed-doors discussions, meetings, hearings” about the Uvalde shooting and “The public needs to know everything.” Patrick stated,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) stated Chief of the Uvalde Consolidated ISD Police Department Chief Peter Arredondo has “not shown to be very credible” since “Most of what he
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) stated that protocols were not followed in the response to the school shooting in Uvalde, and the “policemen did the right thing at
Appearing Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) issued sharp criticism of Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke for interrupting a press conference during which Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and other state officials provided updates on the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s claim that the State Bar of Texas is targeting Republicans for challenging the results of the 2020 election just expanded to include his chief deputy Brent Webster, who was named in a lawsuit that charged him with “misconduct.”
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said he wants to pass a law similar to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education, saying such a bill would be a “top priority” for him in the Texas legislature’s upcoming session. Lt. Gov. Patrick
